Cucumis melo
Galia from May, Kırkağaç and Ananas through the summer into October.
Fruits
Melon runs from May to October across a spread of regions that hands the crop north and east as the season moves. Adana and Mersin open under low tunnel in May with Galia; the Anatolian and south-eastern fields take over from July with Kırkağaç, Ananas and Hasanbey.
The varieties split by market. Galia is the European netted melon — aromatic, slip-stage picked, short shelf life. Kırkağaç and Hasanbey are winter-type melons with hard rinds, low aroma and long storage; they are what moves to Russia and the CIS in volume and they will hold six weeks where a Galia holds two.
Melon is chilling-sensitive. Below +5 °C it pits and develops off-flavour, and the damage is not visible until the fruit is cut at destination.
Wording follows EU Regulation 1924/2006. Confirm permitted claims for your destination market.
4 varieties
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The aromatic netted melon of the European trade. Round, fully netted, turning from green to golden-yellow at maturity with pale green sweet flesh at 12–15° brix. Picked at half-slip for export. Short shelf life and a strong aroma that carries in a mixed load.
A Turkish winter melon with a hard yellow rind marked with green-brown patches, and firm white-cream flesh at 11–14° brix. Low aroma, very long storage — six to eight weeks — and it is the variety that carries the Russian and CIS programme.
A netted, oval melon with pale orange-cream flesh and a distinctly aromatic, slightly pineapple character that gives it its name. Brix 13–16° — the sweetest of the group. Medium shelf life, between Galia and the winter types.
The hardest-rinded winter melon we pack, with dark green-yellow skin and crisp white flesh at 10–13° brix. Low aroma and minimal sugar development compared to Ananas, but it stores eight weeks and travels overland to the CIS without refrigeration in autumn.
Origin
Sizes
Grading follows UNECE standards. Other calibers on request.
| Sizes | Ø mm | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | ≥ 1,600 g | 4 / carton |
| 5 | 1,300–1,600 g | 5 / carton |
| 6 | 1,100–1,300 g | 6 / carton |
| 8 | 800–1,100 g | 8 / carton |
| 10 | 600–800 g | 10 / carton |
Storage
Recommended regime from our cold rooms to your door.
Reefer set +8 °C. Do not carry below +5 °C — chilling pitting and off-flavour appear only on cutting. Aromatic types must not mix-load.
Indicative reference values. Not a substitute for a certificate of analysis.
Packaging
Every option below ships on standard pallets. Net weight per container is computed from the pallet configuration.
| Type | Net kg | Dimensions mm | Per pallet | Pallets / 40′ | Net / 40′ kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telescopic carton | 10 | 600 × 400 × 240 | 40 | 20 | 8,000 |
| Open-top carton | 8 | 500 × 300 × 230 | 60 | 20 | 9,600 |
| Wooden crate | 12 | 600 × 400 × 250 | 36 | 20 | 8,640 |
| Bulk bin | 400 | 1200 × 1000 × 800 | 1 | 20 | 8,000 |
Select a packing option to see pallet configuration and net load for melon.
Figures are for a standard 40′ high-cube reefer, single-stacked. Actual load varies with pallet type, chilling regime and destination weight limits — confirm on the quotation.
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Silifke under protection from December — a winter berry when most of Europe has none.
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